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Ramin Bahrani on 2nd Chance, American Mythmaking, and Directing His First Documentary Feature

Richard Davis is a complicated figure. As an out-of-work pizzeria owner who then invented the modern-day bulletproof vest, his larger-than-life personality led...

Nr. 10 Review: Alex van Warmerdam Crafts a Funny, Suspenseful, Twisty Tale

The best way to watch Alex van Warmerdam's latest Nr. 10 is to go in blind. He practically titled it "number 10" to help with that fact—it being his tenth dire...

New Trailer for Damien Chazelle’s Babylon Pulls the Curtain Back on 1920s Hollywood

While we're still a few weeks away from the film's official release, Damien Chazelle's three-plus-hour Babylon has now been unleashed for select press and indu...

Baz Luhrmann Unveils Plans for Elvis Film Featuring Austin Butler’s Full Concert Performance

While Baz Luhrmann's Elvis proved to be one of the more energetic studio offerings of the year, some of the complaints lobbied against the biopic were its fren...

Watch Terrence Malick’s New Commerical for Louis Vuitton

As Terrence Malick toils away on the customary multi-year editing process for his latest work, the Biblical epic The Way of the Wind (which we wouldn't be surp...

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer Will Take Place Over 45 Years

Although Christopher Nolan has moved from Warner Bros. to Universal, we wouldn't be surprised if his new home follows some of the same marketing tactics that h...

NYC Weekend Watch: A.I., The New World, The Last Waltz & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Roxy Cinema Two of Steven Spielberg's best films, A.I. and Catch Me If You Can, play on ...

Doclisboa Review: Werner Herzog’s The Fire Within Offers Another Take on the Kraffts

Infamous had Capote, Antz had A Bug’s Life—the list goes on. Enter The Fire Within, Werner Herzog’s latest brush with nature’s extremities, and the second docu...

Thessaloniki Review: I Have Electric Dreams is a Visceral, Volcanic Two-Hander

Nothing catches fire in Valentina Maurel’s I Have Electric Dreams, but the atmosphere is so inflammable, the air so taut, everything could ignite at any moment...

New to Streaming: Armageddon Time, Triangle of Sadness, Something in the Dirt, Lucrecia Martel & More

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past r...

News

Léa Seydoux, Lee Kang-sheng, Margaret Qualley, Steven Yeun, Natalie Portman, Armie Hammer & More Set Next Roles

Exclusive: Paul Schrader’s Next Films Involve a Pederast Professor and a Wall Street-Set Erotic Thriller

2024 Gotham Awards Nominations Unveiled

Trailers

Michel Gondry Returns to Animation in First Trailer for Maya, Give Me a Title

Steven Soderbergh Tells a Ghost Story in New Trailer for Presence

Exclusive Trailer for Jōhatsu, a Lithuanian Thriller Exploring a Japanese Phenomenon

Reviews

Juror #2 Review: Courtroom Thriller Represents the Best from Clint Eastwood’s Late Era

The Graduates Review: A Melancholic Look at a Community Bonded by Tragedy

AFI Fest Review: Robert Zemeckis’ Here Plays Like the Anti-Boyhood

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: “Silent” Movies, Godzilla & More

17 Films to See in November

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

“Nobody Ever Gave Me Anything”: Alan Rudolph on Robert Altman, Bruce Willis, Kurt Vonnegut, and Resurrecting Breakfast of Champions

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat Director Johan Grimonprez on a Jazz-Fueled, Kaleidoscopic Vision of Displaced Blackness

The Making of the Indian Sci-Fi Box-Office Sensation Kalki 2898 AD

Podcasts

The B-Side – Vincent Price (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side – Tim Burton (with Maria Lewis)

The Film Stage Show Farewell Episode – Megalopolis

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